AJ Styles Wrestled In A Match After WWE SmackDown This Week

Fans attending SmackDown's July 29 show in Atlanta on Friday night were in for a treat. AJ Styles, who lives in Gainesville, Georgia, participated in a one-on-one dark match against Happy Corbin when SmackDown went off the air.

Styles hit his phenomenal forearm finisher for the pin-fall victory. Seeing the victory of Raw Star, the fans left for home after being happy. Sadly, fans watching live on Fox didn't see the match going down.



AJ has been featured regularly on Raw in recent weeks, starting with a minor feud with The Miz and then teaming up with Dolph Ziggler to face The Alpha Academy. We'll see if this pairing was a one-off or will become a long-term story as Ziggler and Styles develop as a pair.

Another dark match featured Raquel Rodriguez, a rising SmackDown star who dominated NXT, going up against Shayna Baszler. Rodriguez came out on top after his signature Tejana bomb and successful pin.

Rodriguez has been featured in only one televised match since the Money in the Bank ladder match on July 2, where she and five other women lost to eventual winner Liv Morgan. Raquel is still competing regularly at WWE live events and during dark matches, and knowing that the new head of creative at WWE, Triple H, is a huge fan of Rodriguez, bodes well for the powerhouse to come.

We'll have to see what WWE does for fans in the future, but this is more proof that the show pays to attend live whenever possible.

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